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Exploration
Below are some key locations to find references and resources for explorationists:
| EMR Library | |
| Aerial photos | 1:10 000 to 1:40 000 scale; hard copies available through the National Air Photo Library in Ottawa, Ontario |
| Anvil Range Exploration Records | field notebooks; sample location maps; assay results; manual describing the records |
| Mineral Assessment Reports | available in PDF format online or microfiche and paper copies in-house |
| Skyline Air Photo Locator | interactive online map showing air photo locations; manual |
| Geomatics Yukon: free Yukon-scale GIS data layers available for download | |
| Base information | Base information such as rivers, lakes and contours at various map scales |
| Boundaries | Yukon border |
| Elevation | Shaded relief & Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) |
| Environment | Parks & protected areas, trapping & outfitter concessions, game management areas |
| Fire | Fire history |
| First Nations | Traditional territories |
| Forestry | Forest inventory |
| Geology | Bedrock geology, fold, contacts, faults, mineral occurrences, regional stream geochemistry, geochronology, geochemical provinces |
| Imagery | Selected satellite imagery |
| Lands & Agriculture | Agricultural land applications & dispositions, land applications & dispositions |
| Mining | Quartz & placer claims, coal licenses & leases, district boundaries, placer baselines, mineral indices |
| Oil & Gas | Well locations, dispositions, seismic lines, basins, grid |
| Transportation | Road network |
| Wildlife | Wildlife key area |
| Mining | |
| Coal information | legislation; environmental assessment & permitting; links |
| Hard Rock (Quartz) Mining information | legislation; guidelines; environmental assessment & permitting; links |
| Incentive Programs | Assay Coupon program; Fuel Tax exemption; YMIP; MPERG |
| Infrastructure Map | electrical and other infrastructure available in PDF format online |
| Mining Acts | quartz & placer mining acts |
| Placer (Gold) Mining information | legislation; guidelines; environmental assessment & permitting; links |
| Staking Guides | quartz & placer claim staking guides |
| Yukon Land Status Map | protected & settlement lands map available in PDF format online |
| Mining Recorder | |
| Claim Maps | quartz & placer claim maps available in PDF format online or purchased through the Mining Recorder's office |
| Grant applications & forms | quartz & placer grant applications; related forms |
| Interactive Mining Claim Map | interactive quartz & placer map online |
| Mining Claims Database | searchable claim data online |
| Natural Resources Canada | |
| Geology Maps & Publications (GEOSCAN) | Geological Survey of Canada; 1:250 000 scale for most of the Yukon |
| Geophysics: regional aeromagnetic data | interactive online map; digital data available for download |
| Geophysics: regional gravity data | interactive online map; digital data available for download |
| Geophysics: regional radioactivity data | interactive online map; digital data available for download |
| Geoscience Data Repository (GDR) | collection of GIS and digital datasets; free to download |
| MIRAGE | Map Image Rendering Database for Geoscience; scanned, georeferenced Geological Survey of Canada maps |
| Regional Silt Geochemistry | maps & data available through Geoscience Information and Sales office |
| Seismic & magnetotelluric data | interactive online map; digital data available for download |
| Topographic Maps & GIS data | 1:250 000 & 1:50 000 paper maps available at Mac's Fireweed Books (Whitehorse); GIS data available online |
| Yukon Geological Survey | |
| Bedrock Geology Maps | 1:50 000 scale; available through Geoscience Information and Sales office |
| Bedrock Mapping studies | bedrock mapping studies for selected regions |
| Current Projects | information on current mapping & research projects; updated annually |
| Geology information | general geological information for education and outreach |
| MapMaker Online | interactive geology map; includes mining claims, regional silt geochemistry and regional geophysics |
| Metallogeny studies | overviews, in-depth descriptions and a list of resources for selected metallogenic regions |
| Mineral Assessment studies | mineral assessment studies for regions in the Yukon |
| Petroleum studies | petroleum-related studies for selected regions |
| Surficial Geology Maps | available through Geoscience Information and Sales office |
| Surficial & Placer studies | surficial geology & placer studies for selected regions |